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% jfgganuittuiti lÂ§Â£5fvttt published by krider &. bingham ft.-vll&irc'rn tuesbax a\5g\>&t 15 1820 vol i j?o 10 the tv-.str.nj c-hioi.ij.iair is published every tues day at three dollars per annum payable at the c nd uf six months depth in the orchard as lliey'did in the nursery each hole therefore should be of a depth adapted to the particular root planted in it the holes ought however for particular reasons to in made previous to the day of planting if the season of planting be spring and the ground anel the weather be dry the holes should be watered the evening before ihe day of planting by throw ing two or three pailfuls of water into'cach a new but eligible practice in planting the sods should be thrown to thc bottom of the hole chopt with the spade and covered with some ofthe finest of the mould â€” if the hole be so deep that with this advantage the bottom will not be raised high enough for the plant some ofthe worst ofthe mo del should be returned before the sod be thrown down wife of a secretary pay the first visit to thc wife ofa member ot congress â€” shall the secretaries outrank the senators â€” shall clerks and the wives of clerks visit the president's drawing room â€” are ejuestions which have been discussed in solemn council are wbich have employed every tongue ami every mind in the sublime bagdad of amer ica a little more than two hundred vears have elapsed since the first settlement of litis country ; anel as a generation averages but thirty three few families bete can boast of more than live generations ; and yet our e.us are saluted in all quarters with panegyrics on great families who have come perhaps them are very much counteracted it their infill ence by causes which are not so rr.eiily pcr ceived to one remove 1 froitl habit of daily intercourse with them and unable through the medium of history as yet tn contemplate these causes and observe their effects they requite some explanation " the poor of this stale have of late years in creased to a number wbich fills some reflecting men with alarm before i say any thing of the inadequacy or inexpediency of the poor-laws of this state it will be proper first to give you au account ofthc.'u provisions and leading features thev provide that certain persons called com missioners of thc poor bind be appointed in each district of tbe st.ite these commissioners organize themselves into a board and take into their charge the interests and necessities ofthe poor in their respective districts i'lu-y aro most generally selected from the most respectable citizens of the country ; t'icy meet at stated pe riods to take into consideration the cotnliiion of the poor the times of these meetings nre al ways known and persons deserving the assistance of their body are always represented to them either by their friends or themselves accord ing to tbc aggregate mass of poverty and helj - lessness thus presented to this body or board as they style themselves will be the amount of the poor-tax to be levied upon each district and commensurate to it tbey frame a draft upon the collector of the state taxes the amount ofthe poor-tax is however limited by law 1 â€” it cannot exceed a given proportion of the state tax the sum of money so ascertained is paid by the col lector into the treasury of the board of commis sioners and they disburse it to the best of their judgment the commissioners are not requi re-el by law to publish tbeir proceedings and are in - sponsible except by tedious proceedings in a court oi chancery or an action al law to recover certain specific penalties for enumerated acts ol malfeasance i believe they arc elected artiiually anel iiy the people 'â€¢ ihis feature of the poor-laws here as well as many other instances of their state economy which might bc mentioned evinces a most in temperate and pernicious propensity t place of fices in ibe gift ofthe omnipotent people anel to secure a recurrence ofthe exercise of their pow er as often as possible " the leading objections i make tothe pro visions of the poor-laws as stateel above is tlut the manner of permitting them lo partake of ihc public bounty is calciilateel to increase tbeir num bers so long as applicants fortius state cbaiity can remain quietly at hemie undistinguished by any mark of their dependence they will be wil | ling on slight pretences to avail themselves of its benefit although the character of the poor man's friend has in it a cabalistic charm for tho popular ear yet it cannot be disguised that there is a conceded disgrace in a country so bountiful to industry as this in being enrolled on the list ol paupers with common exertions an indus trious man may in a lew years lay up a suffi ciency to secure himself against the attacks ot misfortune in after life ff3"*no paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the discretion of the editors whoever will become responsible for the payment of hine papers shall receive a tenth gratis anv terms will be inserted on the customary no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for or its payment assumed by some person in this town or lis vicinity c/*a]1 letters to the editors must be post-paid or they will not be attended to from greenland zembh or the lord knows where i assure you that i feel infinitely disgusted at this ridiculous apery nf nobility i have seen enough to know thai the true noble is the noble of nature ond lhat the really great man is tlie man who stands cu his own legs not un the crutch es of his fore-fathers : who relies e.n hit own in tellectual and moral powers without any wish to climb into consequence over ti.t tomb-stones of a venerable ancestry amuc\3vr\m.iii the bottom of the hole being raised to a proper height and adjusted the lowest tire of toots are lo be spread upon it ; drawing them out horizon tally and spreading them in different directions drawing out with the hand the rootlets and fibres which severally belong to them ; spreading ihem out as a feather pressing them evenly into the soil and covciing them by hand with sonic of the finest ofthe mould : thc olher tires of roots are lhen to bc spread out and bedded in a similar manner great care is lo be taken to work thc mould well in by hand that no hollowncss be left â€” to prevent which the mould is to be trod den hard with lhe foot â€” lhe remainder of the mould should be raised into a hillock round the stem for the triple use of affording coolness moisture and stability to the plant a litlie dish should be made on the top of the hillock ; and from thc rim of this the slope should be gentle to the circumference ofthe hole where the bro ken ground should 3ink some few inches below the level ofthe orchard all this detail may be deemed unnecessary â€” by those i mean who have bcen accustomed to bury the roots of plants in the grave digger's manner but i can recom mend every part of it to those who wish to en sure success from my own practice plants which have been transplanted in the manner here recommended whose heads have been judiciously lessened and which have been planted in the manner here described seldom require any other stay than their own roots if however the stems be tall anel the roots few and short they should be supported in the usual man ner with stakes or rather in the following man ner which is at once simple strum and most agreeable to the eye : take a large post and slit it with a saw and place the parts flat way with the faces to the plant one on each side of it and two feet apart and nail your rails upon thc edges of the posts concluded in our next columbia's sons spurn not the rugged toil ,- your nation's glory ia a cultured soil pome's cincinnati of illustrious birth nam genus ct pr.a et qua ncn fecimus ipsi \ i ea nostra voco increased his laurels while he tilled thc earth : e'en china's monarch luy.i the sceptre down ycr deems thc task unworthy of the crown let mc not be misunderstood as undervaluing the advantages of a respectable family what i censure is the absurd pretensions of little men to resolve themselves into great men by a species of genealogical alchemy it is not a little amu sing to s e tbe efforts ofa ttovus homo as style-el by thc old romans to attain the advantage ground of honor formerly occupied by the ancestors of these pretenders and thc ridiculous counter-ex ertions of ihis factitious nobility in endeavouring to barricade the advances of their antagonists by a line of genealogical trees 1 accidentally lit on a rare book of five octavos in peito styled alilcn's epitaphs kc where i found thc lineal and collateral consanguinities atvl ahini'.ias of some families arranged with so much precision and thei remote ramifications laid down with such perspicuous delineations that i was almost tempted to believe that 1 bad stumbled on the british peerage ages marriages children names sites professions offices follow each oth er in thc true nobility style of fruit trt^s the following directions for thc management of fruit trees in every stage of their growth will be found sat ufaclory they are from marshal's rural economy a seed bed and nursery ground should be kept perfectly clean and be double-dug from a foot to eighteen inches deep thc seedling plants ought to be sorted agreeably to the strength of their roots that they may rise evenly together in transplanting the tap or bottom root should be taken ofl and at thc same time the longer t-iele rootlets should bc shortened the young plants should then be set in rows three feet apart and from fifteen to eighteen inches asunder in thc rows care being taken not to cramp the roots but to bed them evenly and horizontally among the mould in strictness of management they ought two years previous to their being transferred to the orchard to be re-liansplanted into unmaiiured double-dug ground four feet every way apart in order that the reeding fibre's may be brought so near thc stem that they may bc removed with it into the orchard instead of being r as they generally arc left behind in the nursery hence in this second transplantation as in the first thc branches cf the root should not be left loo long but ought to be shortened in such a manner as to induce them to form a reg ular globular root sufficiently small to bc remo ved with their plant yet sufficiently large to give it firmness and vigor in the plantation //' thc raising or improving of varieties br the object in view the nursery-ground should be nat urally deep and well soiled and highly manured ; and the plants repeatedly moved at evert second third or fourth year that they may luxuriate not only in rich but fresh pasturage ; thereby doing t-crliups all that art can do in this stage of im ftrovement towards giving j reednm to the so/i ves sets and size and richness to the fruit thc intervals may while the plants arc small be cropped with such kitchen garden produce as will not crowd or overshadow the plants ; the rows being kept perfectly free from weeds in pruning the plants the leading shoots should be attended to if it shoot double the weaker of the contending branches should be taken off if the leader be lost and not easily recoverable the plant should be cut down to within a band's ureadih of the soil and a fresh stem trained â€” next to the leader thc stem boughs require at tention itic undermost boughs should be taken off by degrees going over the plants every win ter ; always cautiously preserving sufficient beads to draw up the sap thereby giving strength to the stems and vigor to the roots and brunches ; not trimming them up to nakcei stems as in the common practice thereby drawing them up pre maturely tall and feeble in thc lower part ol the stems the thickness of the stem ought to bc in proportion to its height ; a tall stalk theiefore reepiires lo remain longer in the nursery than a low one " stack o'er with titles and hung round with strings that thou inayst be by kings or w s of king ; bo.<.t th pure blood of an illustrious race tn ciuietlh a tiom lucrece tj lucrece i uui by your father's worth if your's you rate count ine those only who tas g-ood und great l.o ! if your ancient but ignoble blood lias crept through scoundrels ever since the flood c.t ! and pretenei your family is young nor ove n your fathers have been fools so long what can ennoble sots or s!:u s or cow ards i alas not all die blood of jdltlie hownrcls extract rnosi tiir lettf.iis of nib sinners published in thc albany jy y.j statesman robert gourlay the famous robert gourlay who alarmed thc govern ment of upper-canada so much a short time since bv his political ee ritinga ond schemes and who ieÂ»s impris oned and finally expelled the province is now in scot land when he has published a statement of his case and his determination to appl to parliament for redress â€” in reference to liis imprisonment and trial his statement contains the following paragraph â€” richmond eitgmrer it is not a little extraordinary to observe the strong propensity of this republican people for titles nnd for claims to high distinction of family the foundation of their government is the equal ity of human rights Â« all men says their eel ebrateel declaration of ineiepciidence are crcateel equal anel yet we perceive a continual aspiration after the gewgaws and mummeries of aristo cratical governments the golden eagle which adorns thc buttonholes of the heroes of the rev olution is a favorite addition to tbeir exalted mer its titles abound to superfluity every gov ernor is styled excellency whether he preside over a state or a territory his honour and the honourable are applied to deputy governors speakers of senates and general courts chan cellors the members of tbe higher jutlicatoiics members of congress and state senators ; and now anel then you observe thc worshipful mem hers of corporations anel county courts drop ping their appropriate titles and taking a seat among the honourable ol the land esquire is applieel to the magistiacy in general anel to the members of thc bar sometimes his excellen cy aud he hon on i-i isle arc invested with this mag nificent appcnelagc in order to lengthen out an alexandrine line of mighty honors â€” livery man who practices physic or surgery or undertakes to tinker in any way the human body is called doctor even the village apothecary and culler of simples ; and then gentleman is most liberally applied to the dh minorum of this title-loving people who seem to be anxious to keep constant ly out of view the distich of old chaucer " when adam delv'd and eve span then there was no gentleman it was reported that 1 should he tried only as to the fact of refusing to leave the province a stale t>f ner vous irritability of which i was not then sufficiently aware elepi-ived my mind of tin power of reflection oi the subject i was seized with n lit of convulsive laugh ter â€” resolved not to defend sneh a sa.'.i â€” ar.il was per haps rejoiced that i might be even thus s t at liberty from my horrible situation on being called up for trial the ac'ion ofthe fresh air after six weeks close confine ment produced the effect oi intoxication i had no con trol over my coneluct ; no sense of consequences anl little other feeling but of ridicule mid disgust i'or the court which countenanced such .â€¢. trial at one moment i had 1 eleslr to pr<:t<st against trie whole proceeding â€” but forgetting that i had a written prote:t in my pocket i struggled in vain to call to mind the word protest â€” anel in another moment the whole train of id--a whii h leel te tlie wish had vanislie â€¢! from my mind w hen the vi .-â– elict was returned that 1 was guilty ofhaving refused to leave tlie province i bail forgot for vvliat i was trie -!, and affronted a juryman by asking him it it was i'or sedition '" " poverty with most who whimper forth their long complaints is self-inflicted woe tii'eflccl of laziness or sottish waste cowl'kll'.s task therefore it is that even while the tear of com passion drops upon the head of the gray-heath <! pauper there is at thc least a conviction that if the history of his life could bc unfolded he wouhl bc discovered to be the author of his own misery on thc plan of supporting thc pom in this state ibe pauper remains in private hardly known to any emc unless perchance by his extreme helplessness except to thc very persons from whom be receives his subsistence it must bo obvious lhat under such regulations fraud must anel often will be practised on the commissioner by dishonest persons too indolent to labor and too much disposed to invent means for continuing in idleness tbc objects of this injudicious char ity arc scattered in various sections of every dis trict unobserved by any otic to detect them in their innumerable pretended complaints maims or other fictitious distresses in thin way they have ample opportunity of protecting and nour ishing themselves under the broad and imposing mantle of pauperism thc prime evil there fore of the present system of poor-law here consists in the facility with which pauper are made and the temptations wbich the system it self holds out to vice anel idleness to take refuge under its wings anel there can be ro doubt but j that to this cause must bo referred thc late in crease ofthe poor list in south carolina " another objection to the existing system of poor-laws here is that in all countries there is among their poor a mass of industry capable under suitable regulations of being cnlled into exercise both beneficially to tbe poor themselves and profitably to the state this however can not so fditly be said to be an objection to the present system as a vital recommendation to some other system that woulil bring this industry into requisition and by way ol recommending pub j lie poor-houses for the purpose of bringing this i mass of industry into the most efiicient exercise north-carolina and virginia have in mime of | l ; roÂ».nti r:'.'-;l them _;:â€¢._} ft help c ooatxrcjn c itions toil tilt webtkrx cabolixiajr the following letter written by an englishman from quebec to an acquaintance there delineates the palpa ble inconvenience an 1 increasing espense of supporting the poor in south-carolina upon the pr sent plan of that at antl while it demonstrates the utility of poor-houses pronounces a we'd merited eulog'tum upon the wisdom which guided the people of itowan county in establish ing such a bouse for the reception of their poor rest method of planting in the orchard describe a circle about five or six feet diameter for ihe hole if the ground be in grass remove the sward in shallow spit placing the sods on one side of the hole ; the best of the loose mould placed by itself on tbc another side ; anel thc dead earth from the bottom of the hole iu a third heap the depth ofthe boles st.oulil be regulated by the nature of the subsoil where this is cold and retentive the holes should not be made much deeper than the cultivated soil to go lower is to lorm a receptacle for water which by standing among the roots is very injurious to thc plants on the contrary in a dry light soil the holes should be made considerably deeper as well to i'tain a degree of coolness and moisture us to he able to establish lac plants firmly in the soil i't soils of a middle quality the bole should be ot such depth that when the sods arc thrown to the bottom of it thc plants will un at the wav mr cianger informs me that at thc first es tablishment of the present national government a strenuous atteinpi was made to introduce high sounding titles it was proposed to style the president hia serene highness â€” the vice presi dent hia highness â€” senators the right hon ourable â€” representatives the honourable fee hrr for lhe honour of the country this ridic ulous effort was overruled by the good sense of tbe nation â€” drawing rooms levees regulations of rank prescriptions of etiquette are however permitted to disgrace the government ; ami ques tions of high import and of great pith anel im portance vvitli respect to precedence are elcl.atce with wondci ful zealand astonishing ability shall ihc wife ef tiie i'tetident telurn visits slpll the 'â€¢ dbar sir i herewith bend you a copy of the laws of south-carolina excellent as vou will be disposed to pronounce these laws in the genet il anel beneficial as their state institutions have proven themselves in their res-.ilts you will no doubt discover in the perusal ed tbeir laws a great inattention to a class of their population comparatively small to what it is in most euro pean slates â€¢' the poor ir south-carolina are few in num ber the abundance and fertility of the soil in this as well as all the american states joined with the thinness of their population places the mcan ol compctcir livelihood v-hhin tho reach ot every man these barriers to the increase of panpers operative as yojt mav be ischne ! to think :

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% jfgganuittuiti lÂ§Â£5fvttt published by krider &. bingham ft.-vll&irc'rn tuesbax a\5g\>&t 15 1820 vol i j?o 10 the tv-.str.nj c-hioi.ij.iair is published every tues day at three dollars per annum payable at the c nd uf six months depth in the orchard as lliey'did in the nursery each hole therefore should be of a depth adapted to the particular root planted in it the holes ought however for particular reasons to in made previous to the day of planting if the season of planting be spring and the ground anel the weather be dry the holes should be watered the evening before ihe day of planting by throw ing two or three pailfuls of water into'cach a new but eligible practice in planting the sods should be thrown to thc bottom of the hole chopt with the spade and covered with some ofthe finest of the mould â€” if the hole be so deep that with this advantage the bottom will not be raised high enough for the plant some ofthe worst ofthe mo del should be returned before the sod be thrown down wife of a secretary pay the first visit to thc wife ofa member ot congress â€” shall the secretaries outrank the senators â€” shall clerks and the wives of clerks visit the president's drawing room â€” are ejuestions which have been discussed in solemn council are wbich have employed every tongue ami every mind in the sublime bagdad of amer ica a little more than two hundred vears have elapsed since the first settlement of litis country ; anel as a generation averages but thirty three few families bete can boast of more than live generations ; and yet our e.us are saluted in all quarters with panegyrics on great families who have come perhaps them are very much counteracted it their infill ence by causes which are not so rr.eiily pcr ceived to one remove 1 froitl habit of daily intercourse with them and unable through the medium of history as yet tn contemplate these causes and observe their effects they requite some explanation " the poor of this stale have of late years in creased to a number wbich fills some reflecting men with alarm before i say any thing of the inadequacy or inexpediency of the poor-laws of this state it will be proper first to give you au account ofthc.'u provisions and leading features thev provide that certain persons called com missioners of thc poor bind be appointed in each district of tbe st.ite these commissioners organize themselves into a board and take into their charge the interests and necessities ofthe poor in their respective districts i'lu-y aro most generally selected from the most respectable citizens of the country ; t'icy meet at stated pe riods to take into consideration the cotnliiion of the poor the times of these meetings nre al ways known and persons deserving the assistance of their body are always represented to them either by their friends or themselves accord ing to tbc aggregate mass of poverty and helj - lessness thus presented to this body or board as they style themselves will be the amount of the poor-tax to be levied upon each district and commensurate to it tbey frame a draft upon the collector of the state taxes the amount ofthe poor-tax is however limited by law 1 â€” it cannot exceed a given proportion of the state tax the sum of money so ascertained is paid by the col lector into the treasury of the board of commis sioners and they disburse it to the best of their judgment the commissioners are not requi re-el by law to publish tbeir proceedings and are in - sponsible except by tedious proceedings in a court oi chancery or an action al law to recover certain specific penalties for enumerated acts ol malfeasance i believe they arc elected artiiually anel iiy the people 'â€¢ ihis feature of the poor-laws here as well as many other instances of their state economy which might bc mentioned evinces a most in temperate and pernicious propensity t place of fices in ibe gift ofthe omnipotent people anel to secure a recurrence ofthe exercise of their pow er as often as possible " the leading objections i make tothe pro visions of the poor-laws as stateel above is tlut the manner of permitting them lo partake of ihc public bounty is calciilateel to increase tbeir num bers so long as applicants fortius state cbaiity can remain quietly at hemie undistinguished by any mark of their dependence they will be wil | ling on slight pretences to avail themselves of its benefit although the character of the poor man's friend has in it a cabalistic charm for tho popular ear yet it cannot be disguised that there is a conceded disgrace in a country so bountiful to industry as this in being enrolled on the list ol paupers with common exertions an indus trious man may in a lew years lay up a suffi ciency to secure himself against the attacks ot misfortune in after life ff3"*no paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the discretion of the editors whoever will become responsible for the payment of hine papers shall receive a tenth gratis anv terms will be inserted on the customary no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for or its payment assumed by some person in this town or lis vicinity c/*a]1 letters to the editors must be post-paid or they will not be attended to from greenland zembh or the lord knows where i assure you that i feel infinitely disgusted at this ridiculous apery nf nobility i have seen enough to know thai the true noble is the noble of nature ond lhat the really great man is tlie man who stands cu his own legs not un the crutch es of his fore-fathers : who relies e.n hit own in tellectual and moral powers without any wish to climb into consequence over ti.t tomb-stones of a venerable ancestry amuc\3vr\m.iii the bottom of the hole being raised to a proper height and adjusted the lowest tire of toots are lo be spread upon it ; drawing them out horizon tally and spreading them in different directions drawing out with the hand the rootlets and fibres which severally belong to them ; spreading ihem out as a feather pressing them evenly into the soil and covciing them by hand with sonic of the finest ofthe mould : thc olher tires of roots are lhen to bc spread out and bedded in a similar manner great care is lo be taken to work thc mould well in by hand that no hollowncss be left â€” to prevent which the mould is to be trod den hard with lhe foot â€” lhe remainder of the mould should be raised into a hillock round the stem for the triple use of affording coolness moisture and stability to the plant a litlie dish should be made on the top of the hillock ; and from thc rim of this the slope should be gentle to the circumference ofthe hole where the bro ken ground should 3ink some few inches below the level ofthe orchard all this detail may be deemed unnecessary â€” by those i mean who have bcen accustomed to bury the roots of plants in the grave digger's manner but i can recom mend every part of it to those who wish to en sure success from my own practice plants which have been transplanted in the manner here recommended whose heads have been judiciously lessened and which have been planted in the manner here described seldom require any other stay than their own roots if however the stems be tall anel the roots few and short they should be supported in the usual man ner with stakes or rather in the following man ner which is at once simple strum and most agreeable to the eye : take a large post and slit it with a saw and place the parts flat way with the faces to the plant one on each side of it and two feet apart and nail your rails upon thc edges of the posts concluded in our next columbia's sons spurn not the rugged toil ,- your nation's glory ia a cultured soil pome's cincinnati of illustrious birth nam genus ct pr.a et qua ncn fecimus ipsi \ i ea nostra voco increased his laurels while he tilled thc earth : e'en china's monarch luy.i the sceptre down ycr deems thc task unworthy of the crown let mc not be misunderstood as undervaluing the advantages of a respectable family what i censure is the absurd pretensions of little men to resolve themselves into great men by a species of genealogical alchemy it is not a little amu sing to s e tbe efforts ofa ttovus homo as style-el by thc old romans to attain the advantage ground of honor formerly occupied by the ancestors of these pretenders and thc ridiculous counter-ex ertions of ihis factitious nobility in endeavouring to barricade the advances of their antagonists by a line of genealogical trees 1 accidentally lit on a rare book of five octavos in peito styled alilcn's epitaphs kc where i found thc lineal and collateral consanguinities atvl ahini'.ias of some families arranged with so much precision and thei remote ramifications laid down with such perspicuous delineations that i was almost tempted to believe that 1 bad stumbled on the british peerage ages marriages children names sites professions offices follow each oth er in thc true nobility style of fruit trt^s the following directions for thc management of fruit trees in every stage of their growth will be found sat ufaclory they are from marshal's rural economy a seed bed and nursery ground should be kept perfectly clean and be double-dug from a foot to eighteen inches deep thc seedling plants ought to be sorted agreeably to the strength of their roots that they may rise evenly together in transplanting the tap or bottom root should be taken ofl and at thc same time the longer t-iele rootlets should bc shortened the young plants should then be set in rows three feet apart and from fifteen to eighteen inches asunder in thc rows care being taken not to cramp the roots but to bed them evenly and horizontally among the mould in strictness of management they ought two years previous to their being transferred to the orchard to be re-liansplanted into unmaiiured double-dug ground four feet every way apart in order that the reeding fibre's may be brought so near thc stem that they may bc removed with it into the orchard instead of being r as they generally arc left behind in the nursery hence in this second transplantation as in the first thc branches cf the root should not be left loo long but ought to be shortened in such a manner as to induce them to form a reg ular globular root sufficiently small to bc remo ved with their plant yet sufficiently large to give it firmness and vigor in the plantation //' thc raising or improving of varieties br the object in view the nursery-ground should be nat urally deep and well soiled and highly manured ; and the plants repeatedly moved at evert second third or fourth year that they may luxuriate not only in rich but fresh pasturage ; thereby doing t-crliups all that art can do in this stage of im ftrovement towards giving j reednm to the so/i ves sets and size and richness to the fruit thc intervals may while the plants arc small be cropped with such kitchen garden produce as will not crowd or overshadow the plants ; the rows being kept perfectly free from weeds in pruning the plants the leading shoots should be attended to if it shoot double the weaker of the contending branches should be taken off if the leader be lost and not easily recoverable the plant should be cut down to within a band's ureadih of the soil and a fresh stem trained â€” next to the leader thc stem boughs require at tention itic undermost boughs should be taken off by degrees going over the plants every win ter ; always cautiously preserving sufficient beads to draw up the sap thereby giving strength to the stems and vigor to the roots and brunches ; not trimming them up to nakcei stems as in the common practice thereby drawing them up pre maturely tall and feeble in thc lower part ol the stems the thickness of the stem ought to bc in proportion to its height ; a tall stalk theiefore reepiires lo remain longer in the nursery than a low one " stack o'er with titles and hung round with strings that thou inayst be by kings or w s of king ; bo.f ner vous irritability of which i was not then sufficiently aware elepi-ived my mind of tin power of reflection oi the subject i was seized with n lit of convulsive laugh ter â€” resolved not to defend sneh a sa.'.i â€” ar.il was per haps rejoiced that i might be even thus s t at liberty from my horrible situation on being called up for trial the ac'ion ofthe fresh air after six weeks close confine ment produced the effect oi intoxication i had no con trol over my coneluct ; no sense of consequences anl little other feeling but of ridicule mid disgust i'or the court which countenanced such .â€¢. trial at one moment i had 1 eleslr to pr